[ In fact, hearing that it's difficult work is good news to him. How boring would things be if it were simple? For a creature as ancient as he was, an actual challenge was something that tended to get rarer and rarer, so it had become something he delighted in as a result. It's no small reason in why his contract with Ciel is (was?) one that he was perhaps unusually dedicated to. Which, if they're exchanging professions, Sebastian laughs genially first, since he at least knows that his is a bit unusual. ]
I serve as the head butler to a noble household, myself. Though it is more accurate to call myself a general contract worker. [ ha ha ha ] If someone is able to pay for my services, then I do my utmost to fulfill them, and it just so happens that domestic servitude suited this particular one well.
[ He's tempted for a moment to complain about his "coworkers", since even besides the whole demon portion of it, calling himself a butler didn't cover everything he did... When the rest of your staff is incompetent, you end up just running the whole manor yourself, as it turns out. But he refrains. ]
Regardless, all of this is to say that I would be surprised if such a task were easier. If running a bar or a manor were the challenges, then surely the universe would have been long since swallowed up.
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[ In fact, hearing that it's difficult work is good news to him. How boring would things be if it were simple? For a creature as ancient as he was, an actual challenge was something that tended to get rarer and rarer, so it had become something he delighted in as a result. It's no small reason in why his contract with Ciel is (was?) one that he was perhaps unusually dedicated to. Which, if they're exchanging professions, Sebastian laughs genially first, since he at least knows that his is a bit unusual. ]
I serve as the head butler to a noble household, myself. Though it is more accurate to call myself a general contract worker. [ ha ha ha ] If someone is able to pay for my services, then I do my utmost to fulfill them, and it just so happens that domestic servitude suited this particular one well.
[ He's tempted for a moment to complain about his "coworkers", since even besides the whole demon portion of it, calling himself a butler didn't cover everything he did... When the rest of your staff is incompetent, you end up just running the whole manor yourself, as it turns out. But he refrains. ]
Regardless, all of this is to say that I would be surprised if such a task were easier. If running a bar or a manor were the challenges, then surely the universe would have been long since swallowed up.